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Public-Private Partnership Program
Working Together for a Safer World
Public-Private Partnership Workshop - February 2005

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Wednesday, February 9 - Day One
8:30 a.m. Welcome by PM Deputy Assistant Secretary Kara Bue
  Overview by PM/WRA Director Richard Kidd
8:45 a.m. Review of agenda and housekeeping business for the workshop
8:50 a.m. Introduction of PM/WRA Deputy Directors Steve Costner, Murf McCloy, and Jim Lawrence
  Brief overview of mine action, small arms, and partnership programs
9:00 a.m. Small arms, light weapons, and surface to air missiles (MANPADS): The threat and the response
  Discussion: The Public-Private Partnership Program, successes and challenges
9:35 a.m. Hear from our partners: how they view the partnership arrangement, how it has worked, what could be improved? What are expectations for this workshop? For the partnership program?
11:15 a.m. Department of Defense support for mine action Col. John Jordan (OSD/SOLIC)
11:45 a.m. Latest Developments in mine detection and clearance technologies Chris Wanner, Night Vision Electronic Sensors Division (NVESD), Ft. Belvoir
1:30 p.m. Got Milk? HDI did - from USDA HDI applies food aid to fund clearance of mined roads in Angola through sale of surplus milk
Ralph Cwerman, Humpty Dumpty Institute
1:50 p.m. Engaging Civic OrganizationsRichard Clarke, The Fellowship of Rotarians for Mine Action
2:10 p.m. People to People InternationalMary Eisenhower
2:20 p.m. Partner Presentations:
  One Sri Lanka
  Grapes for Humanity
  Freedom Fields
  Children of Armenia Fund
  MAIC
  Help Handicapped International
  Medical Care Development International
  CIR
  Dr. Wu demo
3:15 p.m. Return to Partner Presentations:
  Polus Center
  World Rehabilitation Fund
  Clear Path International
  Prosthetics Outreach
  Rose Charities
  VVAF
  Prestige Health Care
  LSN
  Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped
Thursday, February 10 - Day Two
8:30 a.m. Return to Partner Presentations:
  Landmines Blow!
  Chicago Coalition
  SFLAG
  Linda Cole – Barrie School
  Cranfield University
  Golden West
  PeaceTrees Vietnam
  Spirit of Soccer
  EU
  OAS
  Handicap International - France
  DanChurchAid
  Adopt-A-Minefield
  MAG
  Roots of Peace
  HALO Trust
10:45 a.m. Group presentation by Afghan NGOs Haji Attiquallah
  Mine Clearance Agency Abdul Satar
  Demining Agency for Afghanistan Shohab Hakimi
  Mine Detection and Dog Center Kefaytullah Eblagh
  Afghan Technical Consultants (with Bob Gannon, RONCO)
11:00 a.m. Victory in Our Time – Conclusions from landmine impact surveys and strategies for success Bob Eaton, Survey Action Center
1:00 p.m. Comprehensive overview of Iraq Murf McCloy, U.S. Mine Action Program in Iraq
  Paul Arcangeli: mines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and abandoned ordnance
  Moaid Sabir Majeed, Iraqi National Mine Action Authority
  Donald Gajewski, Walter Reed: medical care and rehabilitation services for U.S. troops injured by IEDs and mines
  IMCO
  Alberto Fernandez, State Department, Office of Iraq: results of Iraqi elections and the way forward
3:15 p.m. Youth for Mine Action – the next generation
  CHAMPS program, Perry Baltimore
  Making Change Work
  Gary Kuhn
  Roots of Peace: That Landmine Thing
3:45 p.m. Break into smaller groups: Discussions of possible collaboration among partners and plans for outreach/private sector engagement events for the next 18 months (How can we work together to advance the cause of mine action, and what novel approaches can we use to achieve that goal? How can PM/WRA assist?).
5:15 p.m. U.S. Landmine Policy, Richard Kidd
Friday, February 11 - Day Three
8:30 a.m. Overview of USG survivors assistance programs
  USAID
  Leahy War Victims Fund
  Lloyd Feinberg Centers for Disease Control
  David Sussman
  Department of Education, Robert Jaeger, PhD.
10:15 a.m. Access to U.S. government resources
  Strategic Planning Process, Richard Kidd
  Country Planning Process, Murf McCloy and Deborah Netland
  Applying for PM/WRA grants, Dennis Hadrick
  Applying for USAID grants, Rob Horvath
  PM/WRA FY 2005 RFP process and summary of FY 2004 partnership grants, Richard Kidd and Jim Lawrence
1:30 p.m. Key themes from workshop, novel ideas, solicit feedback, Dennis Barlow
  Calendar of Events, Tom Vajda
  The future of the partnership program, Jim Lawrence